Seventh IIID convention held

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Feb 10, 2007, 09.34 AM IST

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MUMBAI: Architects and interior designers from Mumbai, Pune and several other cities were in Pune last week, for Design Connect, the seventh edition of the Institute of Indian Interior Designers (IIID) conference.

The three-day event was inaugurated on February 1 at the hands of Naresh Dadich, Director, IUCAA and Vijay Sohoni, President, Indian Council Of Architecture at the CPR club in Pashan, Pune.

Participants included Nitin Killawala, a leading Mumbai-based architect who recently took over as president - IIID; architects Hiranti Welandve from Sri Lanka, Carl Almeida from Bangkok, set designer Nitin Desai, Mumbai architects Sameep Padora, Ratan Batliboi, Kamal Malik, Pinakin Patel, and Conrrad Gonsalves, to name a few.

Other speakers were Dashratbhai Patel, founder of NID, Ahmedabad, Karan Grover from Baroda and Aniket Bhagwat from Delhi. Speaking of the concept of Design Connect, Dadhich explained that it was to establish a connection between various aspects of life, where design should be taken as a movement, as aesthetics of living.

Added Subodh Sapatnekar, convener of the convention, "We are denoting and showing the change that is taking place throughout the design fraternity in India and abroad. It is in complete contrast to the yesteryear approach of individual service providers; there is unison seen in the working of a designer where various fields come together to provide quality service and also enrich the quality of human life."

Architect Ashwin Lovekar said, "Design cannot exist as a single entity. Here we are dealing with multidisciplinary designers who are working with fabric, graphics, furniture, textile etc."

The convention had 550 registrations of design students and practicing architects, designers from all over India. Besides technical sessions, the convention also had an exhibition of local architects and designers, and design works of students from Pune.

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